Best Sellers
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Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- Written by: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrated by: Shashi Tharoor
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Inglorious Empire written and read by Shashi Tharoor....
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The Lion Who Wrote...
- By Tushar on 26-12-18
Written by: Shashi Tharoor
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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Postwar
- A History of Europe Since 1945
- Written by: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Postwar by Tony Judt, read by Ralph Cosham....
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brilliant book and brilliant reading
- By Debjyoti on 09-09-22
Written by: Tony Judt
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Courting India
- England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
- Written by: Nandini Das
- Narrated by: Anu Anand
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
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When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I’s first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage...
Written by: Nandini Das
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Hitler
- A Biography
- Written by: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail....
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Story
- By Ruchira Moitra on 23-10-24
Written by: Ian Kershaw
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Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- Written by: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrated by: Shashi Tharoor
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Inglorious Empire written and read by Shashi Tharoor....
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The Lion Who Wrote...
- By Tushar on 26-12-18
Written by: Shashi Tharoor
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Almost an Anthropological Account of an Aeon!
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 07-03-20
Written by: William L. Shirer
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Good but with typical western historian biases
- By Pragmatic Indian Cricket Fan on 14-05-22
Written by: Jack Weatherford
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Postwar
- A History of Europe Since 1945
- Written by: Tony Judt
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 43 hrs and 1 min
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Postwar by Tony Judt, read by Ralph Cosham....
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brilliant book and brilliant reading
- By Debjyoti on 09-09-22
Written by: Tony Judt
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Courting India
- England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
- Written by: Nandini Das
- Narrated by: Anu Anand
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I’s first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage...
Written by: Nandini Das
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Hitler
- A Biography
- Written by: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
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From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail....
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- By Ruchira Moitra on 23-10-24
Written by: Ian Kershaw
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.
Written by: Ben Macintyre
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- Written by: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Must Listen
- By anup on 05-10-21
Written by: William Dalrymple
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Hubris
- The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine
- Written by: Jonathan Haslam
- Narrated by: Jonathan Haslam
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But Russia’s recent rise on the world’s stage began long before that historic date.
Written by: Jonathan Haslam
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
- Arab Travellers in the Far North
- Written by: Ibn Fadlan, Paul Lunde - translator, Caroline Stone
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness provides a rare and valuable glimpse of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion, and sexual practices, including the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation.
Written by: Ibn Fadlan,
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Empire, Incorporated
- The Corporations That Built British Colonialism
- Written by: Philip J. Stern
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Challenging conventional wisdom about where power is held on a global scale, Stern complicates the supposedly firm distinction between private enterprise and the state, offering a new history of the British Empire, as well as a new history of the corporation....
Written by: Philip J. Stern
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Written by: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
Written by: Andrew Marr
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Written by: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of....
Written by: Bill Bryson
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Thomas Cromwell
- A Life
- Written by: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 26 hrs and 38 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul....
Written by: Diarmaid MacCulloch
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The Italian Way
- Written by: DK Travel
- Narrated by: Carola Colombo
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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In this love letter to the world’s favourite country, you’ll find everything youknow and love about Italy: the classic food, the dreamy landscapes, the Renaissance masterpieces.
Written by: DK Travel
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The Foundations of Western Civilization
- Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas F. X. Noble
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
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This broad and panoramic series, ripe with the telling detail on which history can turn, will help you pull an enormous sweep of history together into one coherent framework....
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completeness of the subject matter
- By pranab kumar mishra on 23-06-22
Written by: Thomas F. X. Noble,
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The History of Philosophy
- Written by: A. C. Grayling
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity....
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Lot of useful information
- By Anonymous User on 28-08-24
Written by: A. C. Grayling
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The Middle Kingdoms
- A New History of Central Europe
- Written by: Martyn Rady
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 22 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions....
Written by: Martyn Rady
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The Pursuit of Power
- Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
- Written by: William H. McNeill
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path....
Written by: William H. McNeill
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Eureka Man
- The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
- Written by: Alan Hirshfeld
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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Many of us know little about Archimedes other than his "Eureka" exclamation upon discovering that he could immerse an object in a full tub of water and determine the object's weight.....
Written by: Alan Hirshfeld
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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Absolute blunder
- By Nero on 13-04-19
Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
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The Battle of Britain
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer of 1940. He was right. The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War....
Written by: James Holland
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The Age of Reason Begins
- A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558 - 1648: The Story of Civilization, Book 7
- Written by: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 34 hrs and 51 mins
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This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant's renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648....
Written by: Will Durant,
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Hitler
- Only the World Was Enough
- Written by: Brendan Simms
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong....
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Ggwp Hitler
- By Dhruvawara on 13-12-23
Written by: Brendan Simms
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Rory Alexander
- Length: 34 hrs and 55 mins
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Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book. It encompasses five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands, from the Rhine to the Balkan frontier, from Switzerland to the North Sea....
Written by: Peter H. Wilson
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....
Written by: Peter H. Wilson
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Eighteen
- A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives
- Written by: Alice Loxton
- Narrated by: Alice Loxton
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague....
Written by: Alice Loxton
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Broken Republik
- The Inside Story of Germany’s Descent into Crisis
- Written by: Chris Reiter, Will Wilkes
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The compelling story of Germany’s decline – where it all went wrong and how it could bounce back.
Written by: Chris Reiter,
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Egypt, Greece, and Rome
- Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
- Written by: Charles Freeman
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 32 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions....
Written by: Charles Freeman
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The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad
- Written by: Joyce E. Salisbury, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Joyce E. Salisbury
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Spain has played a unique and essential role in Western civilization....
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Well Organised material. Easy to understand.
- By A S N on 07-12-20
Written by: Joyce E. Salisbury,
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Plato and the Tyrant
- The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
- Written by: James Romm
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. There, Plato encountered two authoritarian rulers, a father and son both named Dionysius, and tried to steer them toward philosophy. At the same time, he worked on his masterpiece, Republic, in which he conceived a ruler who unites perfect wisdom with absolute power.
Written by: James Romm
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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome
- How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
- Written by: Wayne Kalayjian
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it. This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who had asked them for help.
Written by: Wayne Kalayjian
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Secrets of a Suitcase
- The Countess, the Nazis, and Middle Europe's Lost Nobility
- Written by: Pauline Terreehorst, Brent Annable -translated by
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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When Pauline Terreehorst bid for a vintage Gucci suitcase at Sotheby's Amsterdam, she had no idea what was inside. The case turned out to be full of fine dresses, furs, and lace, with boxes of postcard albums showing grand castles and churches in Austria, France, England, and Scotland. The curious correspondence revolved around Austrian philanthropist Countess Margarethe Szapary, and her daughter.
Written by: Pauline Terreehorst,
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The Intermediaries
- A Weimar Story
- Written by: Brandy Schillace
- Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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Through its unforgettable characters and immersive storytelling, The Intermediaries charts the relationships between nascent sexual science, queer civil rights, and the fight against fascism. It tells riveting stories of LGBTQ pioneers and offers a cautionary tale in the face of today's oppressive anti-trans legislation.
Written by: Brandy Schillace
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Accidental Shepherd
- How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
- Written by: Liese Greensfelder
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of Øystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who hired her for the summer, had just been hospitalized after a stroke. Could she please watch over his place for a month or so, until he got back on his feet? Twenty years old and with no farming experience, Liese was dropped off the next day at a centuries-old mountain farm at the end of a dirt road high above the magnificent Hardanger Fjord—with 115 sheep, two cows, one calf, a draft horse, and a Norwegian herding dog to care for.
Written by: Liese Greensfelder
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No One Knows Their Destiny
- The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story
- Written by: Tonia Eckfeld
- Narrated by: Tonia Eckfeld, James Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys–but who were the real men who sailed on the infamous ship, and how did the voyage transform their lives? Art historian Tonia Eckfeld draws on a deeply personal history to tell the story of her father and her uncle, Jewish refugees whose lives were shaped indelibly by their wartime experiences and internment–each to very different outcomes.
Written by: Tonia Eckfeld
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Plato and the Tyrant
- The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
- Written by: James Romm
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. There, Plato encountered two authoritarian rulers, a father and son both named Dionysius, and tried to steer them toward philosophy. At the same time, he worked on his masterpiece, Republic, in which he conceived a ruler who unites perfect wisdom with absolute power.
Written by: James Romm
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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome
- How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution
- Written by: Wayne Kalayjian
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it. This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who had asked them for help.
Written by: Wayne Kalayjian
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Secrets of a Suitcase
- The Countess, the Nazis, and Middle Europe's Lost Nobility
- Written by: Pauline Terreehorst, Brent Annable -translated by
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
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When Pauline Terreehorst bid for a vintage Gucci suitcase at Sotheby's Amsterdam, she had no idea what was inside. The case turned out to be full of fine dresses, furs, and lace, with boxes of postcard albums showing grand castles and churches in Austria, France, England, and Scotland. The curious correspondence revolved around Austrian philanthropist Countess Margarethe Szapary, and her daughter.
Written by: Pauline Terreehorst,
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The Intermediaries
- A Weimar Story
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- Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
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Accidental Shepherd
- How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
- Written by: Liese Greensfelder
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of Øystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who hired her for the summer, had just been hospitalized after a stroke. Could she please watch over his place for a month or so, until he got back on his feet? Twenty years old and with no farming experience, Liese was dropped off the next day at a centuries-old mountain farm at the end of a dirt road high above the magnificent Hardanger Fjord—with 115 sheep, two cows, one calf, a draft horse, and a Norwegian herding dog to care for.
Written by: Liese Greensfelder
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No One Knows Their Destiny
- The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story
- Written by: Tonia Eckfeld
- Narrated by: Tonia Eckfeld, James Saunders
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys–but who were the real men who sailed on the infamous ship, and how did the voyage transform their lives? Art historian Tonia Eckfeld draws on a deeply personal history to tell the story of her father and her uncle, Jewish refugees whose lives were shaped indelibly by their wartime experiences and internment–each to very different outcomes.
Written by: Tonia Eckfeld
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Bloody Aachen: The First German City Ever Besieged by the U.S. Army
- The Siegfried Line Campaign, Book 1
- Written by: Charles Whiting
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Aachen saw some of the fiercest fighting of the Second World War. Through the determined defense of their city the citizens of Aachen held off the oncoming American forces for six weeks, giving the Nazis time to mobilize their troops for what would become the Battle of the Bulge. Had it not been for dogged resistance of these men and women the last great German offensive in the West might have never occurred, potentially ending the war in Europe six months earlier and saving the lives of thousands.
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Islamesque
- The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
- Written by: Diana Darke
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Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves.
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Hitler's Deserters
- Breaking Ranks with the Wehrmacht
- Written by: Douglas Carl Peifer
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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After the WWII, Germans began a generation-long debate about the status that should be accorded Wehrmacht deserters. The topic would be debated between the two Germanies and engaged survivors and perpetrators, playwrights, and judges, those who had stayed in the ranks and those who had not. Was the Wehrmacht a coward, a victim, or a role model? The book's discussion of this postwar debate explains how and why Germany finally decided to overturn military court-martial verdicts from the Second World War fifty years after its conclusion.
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The First Fleets
- Colonial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1630-1775
- Written by: Benjamin C. Schaffer
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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In The First Fleets, Benjamin C. Schaffer reveals how, contrary to widespread beliefs, the American colonies had a long tradition of independent naval defense decades before the Revolution. He demonstrates that Anglo-American governments established and maintained significant provincial naval forces and that the history of provincial navies illuminates broader aspects of colonial history and the colonies' ultimate break with the British Crown. Based on meticulous research, Schaffer recounts the sea-borne threats that American colonies faced from the French, Spanish, pirates, and others.
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Epic of the Earth
- Reading Homer's "Iliad" in the Fight for a Dying World
- Written by: Edith Hall
- Narrated by: Edith Hall
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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The roots of today's environmental catastrophe run deep into humanity's past. Through this unprecedented reading of Homer's Iliad, the award-winning classicist Edith Hall examines how this foundational text both documents the environmental practices of the ancient Greeks and betrays an awareness of the dangers posed by the destruction of the natural landscape. Underlying Homer's account of brutal military operations, alliances, and cataclysmic struggle is a palpable understanding that the direction in which humanity was headed could create a world that was uninhabitable.
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Maria Theresa
- Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
- Written by: Richard Bassett
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 20 hrs and 5 mins
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Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa's life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion.
Written by: Richard Bassett